# retornar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From re- +‎ tornar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rə.turˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rə.torˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.toɾˈnaɾ]
* Homophone: retornà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

retornar (first-person singular present retorno, first-person singular preterite retorní, past participle retornat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to return, go back, come back

#### Derived terms

* retorn

### Further reading

* “retornar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “retornar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “retornar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Interlingua
### Verb

retornar
* to return

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | retornar | retornar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | retornante | retornate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | retorna | ha retornate |
| active | past | retornava | habeva retornate |
| active | future | retornara | habera retornate |
| active | conditional | retornarea | haberea retornate |
| active | imperative | retorna | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es retornate | ha essite retornate |
| passive | past | esseva retornate | habeva essite retornate |
| passive | future | essera retornate | habera essite retornate |
| passive | conditional | esserea retornate | haberea essite retornate |
| passive | imperative | sia retornate | |

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [he.toɦˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [he.toɦˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.toɾˈna(ɾ)/ [he.toɾˈna(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [χe.toʁˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.toɻˈna(ɻ)/ [he.toɻˈna(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.tuɾˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.tuɾˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.tuɾˈna.ɾi/

### Verb

retornar (first-person singular present retorno, first-person singular preterite retornei, past participle retornado)
* (intransitive) to return (to come or go back)
    Synonyms: regressar, voltar
* (transitive) to return (give something back to its original holder or owner)
* (transitive, specifically) to return (to take something back to the seller for a refund)
* (transitive, computing) to return (to pass back data to the calling procedure)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* retorno

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /retoɾˈnaɾ/ [re.t̪oɾˈnaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧tor‧nar

### Verb

retornar (first-person singular present retorno, first-person singular preterite retorné, past participle retornado)
* (transitive) to return, give back
    Synonym: devolver
* (intransitive, reflexive) to return, come back
    Synonyms: regresar, volver

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* retornable
* retorno

### Further reading

* “retornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10